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Recycling - Green Box

Most households in Birmingham who have a recycling service now have a green box.

If you do not have a green box or would find it easier to use a green bag, please call 0121 303 1112.

Your recycling is collected every two weeks on the same day as your refuse, with the blue and green boxes collected one week and the green garden waste sack the other week (unless you have been told otherwise)

If you are unsure about when your collection weeks are, please call 0121 303 1112.

What can I put in my green box?

Yes please:

drink bottles

household bottles

metal lids from jars

wine bottles

toiletry bottles

aerosols

beer bottles

spirit bottles

food cans

drink cans

other tins

jam jars

No thanks:

plastic tubs

yoghurt pots

drinking glasses

pyrex

food cartons and trays

carrier bags

mirrors

light bulbs

polystyrene

foil

If in doubt, phone and find out

0121 303 1112

Please leave your box(es) out on the edge of your property, as near to the street as possible, by 6am on the day of collection.

Birmingham City Council current offers 2 other doorstep recycling schemes: